At 16, Arnia Appleby bought a couple of packs of cigarettes. Within a week she was hooked.

Jordan Leslie Simpson told the court that he wants to go to rehab

Bail denied for alleged ringleader of Bay of Plenty synthetic cannabis supply chain.

Police raids across Bay of Plenty after investigation of alleged synthetic cannabis ring.

Smartphones are now an integral part of our lives. They're also addictive and harmful.

5 traits tested: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism.

Man's drug addiction the root of the problem.

Personality study looks at how your traits influence likelihood of screen addiction.

Science advisers urge a new 'data over dogma' approach to justice.

Drug-testing at festivals and safe injecting rooms can stop drug deaths, says Helen Clark

The addictive synthetic opioid is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.

Former P addict Rachel Axis speaks out about her past. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Burgled Whanganui victim defends culprit on social media in bid to stop nasty traction.

Can't put your phone down? This might be why.

Anxious, sleepless or paranoid? Step into Britain's social media rehab.

The drug killed 25 Kiwis in 2017 and is the deadliest illegal drug in NZ history.

U.S social experiment shows how easy it is to buy a gun compared to lotto, beer and porn.

OPINION: We have everything we want almost literally at our fingertips.

A synthetic-drug dealer was given a shorter sentence because he had stopped selling.

For some, shopping is used as a coping mechanism for anxiety and low self-esteem.

The death of a man at a West Auckland property last night may be connected to synthetics.

A man has admitted supplying synthetic drugs in relation to the death of Calum Jones.

Calum Jones died after using synthetics. Now his parents are pushing for a law change.

Biological father of missing boy William Tyrrell has been jailed for seven months.

These women are left battling painful conditions after Australia's ban on OTC codeine.

Tarhlia Murray, James Kipa and their three kids are a modern gaming family.

Teacher claimed he had a 'sex addiction' that was relieved by spanking fantasies.

A man has been charged in connection to the synthetic drugs-related death of Calum Jones

When kids drink too much caffeine they can become anxious and their learning interrupted

This week we are publishing the full Amber-Lee Cruickshank case podcast transcript.